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PORTFOLIO URBAN DESIGN 2023 YUFEI TANG hifayetang@gmail.com

YUFEI TANG hifayetang@gmail.com

EDUCATION Master of Urban Design University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Sep. 2022-Dec. 2023 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Northeast Forestry University, Harbin Sep. 2018-Jan. 2022

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Urban Design Intern AECOM, Shenzhen Jun. 2023-Aug. 2023 Design Intern Poly(Wuhan) Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. Oct. 2021-Nov. 2021 Intern of Landscape Architecture GVL Guangzhou Jul. 2020-Aug. 2020 & May. 2019-Jun. 2019

SKILLS Technical Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Rhino, Lumion, Enscape, V-Ray, ArcGIS, Premiere Pro, Microsoft Office Language: English, Chinese (Mandarin)

CONTENTS Academic Work

New Eastie

Open Your Backyard

Old Topia

Vertical Universe

Parallel Park in Manhattan

Other Work

Internship Work

Sketches

NEW EASTIE:

Design Toolkits for Jeffries Point Applicant's Name: Yufei Tang Completion Date: Fall 2023 Project Location: Jeffries Point, Boston Project Type: Group Project, Academic Work Work Content of Applicant: Concept Generation, Landscape Design, Shoreline Redesign, Collage, Gis Mapping [Project Introduction] Water pollution and air pollution have always been major environmental issues facing Boston. Jeffries Point is a coastal lowland next to Logan Airport. It has a typical pollution problem and has a rich and diverse culture. Our project extracts classic historical and cultural elements to create an active and diverse waterfront space. It respects the residents’ life styles and can also gather a deeper cultural identity. The updated Jeffries Point also has a stronger ability to resist floods, water pollution and air pollution. Finally, we used the project site as a case to think about the coexistence of humans and water. 01

Pollution Issues in Boson In the initial phase, we wanted to understand what is happening in Boston. Through the means of GIS, we saw the current serious water and air pollution problems in Boston. And decided to focus on the East Boston where the pollution problem is typical. In East Boston, we find that typical pollution problems are also strongly correlated with race, income, and other factors. So we paid more attention to the environmental justice issue and came up with our strategies and project.

Evergreen Forest

High Exposure

Grassland

Medium Exposure

Forest

Low Exposure

Wetland

Impervious Pavement

Bareland

Open Space

Flooding Area

Watershed

Water Quality:A

CSO Distribution

Water Quality:B

Income

Water Quality:D

Race: Hispanic Race: White Race: Black Race: Asian

Water Pollution in Boston In Boston, impervious paving, the gray charging system is a big contributor to water pollution, they prevent the proper inÞltration of rainwater, creating sewage runoff and ßooding. And rising sea level is exacerbating water pollution.

Air Pollution in Boston Air pollution in Boston comes primarily from heavy trafÞc, with the highways and Logan Airport being the most typical. On the other hand, the lack of green space also contributes to the high level of air pollution.

Strategies: Flooding and Water Pollution:

Shoreline Redesign

Elevate Buildings

Add Soft Space

Add Green Space

Car Free Community

Air Pollution：

Improve Ventilation

EAST BOSTON

Concept Generation After analyzing similar cases in the Boston area and extracting key historical elements of Jeffries Point, we proposed to create a completely different Eastie than Northie, rooted in Jeffries Point.

Cultural Recognition

Shipyard Culture

Immigrants Culture

Logan Airport Built

Gentrification Problem

Water and Air Pollution

ICA-driven urban development has created gentrification issues in South Boston, and we propose that Eastie builds on the ICA Watershed and is more deeply rooted in local history and culture, in a completely different way than Southie.

Upland Residential Area In order to alleviate the air pollution problem of the community due to its proximity to the airport, the concept of the residential housing type design is to raise the first floor to increase the ventilation. At the same time the first floor is utilized as bars and retails, which is also connected to the cuisine.

SENIOR APARTMENT

Twin House Shared Hallways connects the two buildings, which have shared café space. The Þrst ßoor is utilized for bars and retails.

BACKYARD

Quotruple House Two sets of twin houses form a quotruple house to Þt the neighborhood plan, and the Þrst ßoor and corridors have more activities space.

Senior Apartment Senior friendly collective house is planned in a triangular area of the community. Also using the shared hallways idea, the Þrst ßoor is a semi-open senior activity center.

PLAYGROUND TWIN HOUSE

QUADRUPLE HOUSE

Upland Cuisine Jeffries Point's immigrant history has brought a diversity of cultures and cuisines to the area. We have preserved the famous local brewery, Downeast Cider House, and created a multicultural cuisine, where the vibrant atmosphere spreads out through outdoor dining on the beach and bars in the neighborhood. FOOD MARKET

Local Brewery: Downeast Cider House

BREWERY

Keep the Local Brewery

Create the Connection to the Outdoor Dining

Cuisine with Diverse Culture

PLATFORM

Create New Eateries on the Terrain

Foods that Reßect Immigrant Culture

FOOD TRUCK LOUNGE

Bars in Neighborhoods

MINIBUS

OUTDOOR DINING

Bars Stringing Together to Form Lively Streets

Connect with Cuisine

Backshore

ROOF

Factory Complex Jeffries Point is a still active marina with residents also working on jobs related to marinas and boats. In order to preserve the unique function of the site and wishing to respect the lifestyle of the local residents, we have preserved the facilities and factories within the site and integrated them and ICA Watershed to form a complex. It became a landmark for new Eastie.

Collect Functions

Scattered Existing Features

STRUCTURE

Create Complex and Make it a Symbol

SHIP REPAIR YARD

Raise 1st floor

VIEWING PLATFORM GIFT SHOP MEETING ROOM

Increase Green Space

Protect from Flooding

OFFICE

ICA WATERSHED

Backshore Activities and Protection In addition to the landmark factory buildings, a wealth of activities take place in this open space. The design elements are derived from the long history and culture of Jeffries Point. They will awaken memories and love for the area. Resilient landscaping features such as rain gardens and permeable pavement are also used to protect against flooding.

RAIN GARDEN

Soften the Shoreland

Rain Garden

Urban Forest

Coastal Wetland OLD HARBOR CRANES

Make Shoreland Permeable PLANTS POOL

Gravels

Oyster Gabion

Permeable Pavement

Reduced Exhaust Emissions: Idea of Car-Free Community

URBAN FOREST

Mini Bus

Parking Lot

Walkways

TourBoat Trail

Sculpture Park: As the entrance to the park, it is the first impression for visitors, with different harbor cranes connected to form a tour path.

TERRACE

RAIN GARDEN

FLOATING ISLAND

SKATEPARK

ACTIVE HARBOR

BASKETBALL COURTS

PIER DINING

RESTAURANT

FISH FARMING

WALKWAY

TERRACE

Sports Park: Pier is utilized as a sports park that includes a skatepark and basketball courts for residents. The youth activities are accompanied by views of the beautiful Boston skyline.

Pier Dining: The pier is divided into two levels, with the lower level retaining its original function, while the second level is a continuation of the cuisine, where you can savor fresh seafood caught from the oversea fishing farm and oysters picked from oyster reefs.

Offshore Activities

WALKWAY

On the issue of flooding in Boston, our final step in creating the New Eastie discussed how people live with water. We built modules with different functions and they can be stitched together into places on the water. This module can help people reoccupy the ocean in the future when sea levels continue to rise and encroach on the land. OFFSHORE FISH FARMING

Fish Farming

RESTAURANT

Offshore Þsh farming provide fresh seafood and jobs for residents.

Exhibition The offshore exhibition space was born out of ICA Watershed, which also serves as a reference for other offshore leisure spaces.

Park Green space is also essential. The module also shows the slight terrain changes of the ßoating island.

FLOATING WETLANDS

OYSTER REEF

OFFSHORE EXHIBITION

OFFSHORE PARK

Cafe In addition to industrial and recreational space, people living at sea need places to work and relax. More multifunctional modules will also be explored in the future.

Walkway Trails to connect close offshore spaces so that the world at sea is not too dispersed. Distant spaces with the help of well-developed sea transportation.

OFFSHORE CAFE

One Day in New Eastie

6:00 AM, PUBLIC BALCONY

1:00 PM, SCULPTURE PARK

10:00 AM, NEIGHBORHOOD

11:00 AM, CUISINE

12:00 AM, RESTAURANT

2:00 PM, ACTIVE HARBOR

3:00 PM, SEASHORE

6:00 PM, FACTORY

5:00 PM, FACTORY

7:00 PM, SKATEPARK

9:00 PM, CAFE AT SEA

OPEN YOUR BACKYARD Applicant's Name: Yufei Tang Completion Date: Winter 2022 Project Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Project Type: Group Project, Academic Work Work Content of Applicant: GIS Mapping, Creat Actor Network, Concept Generation, Create Senarios, Backyards' Landscape Design, Collages Website/ Video Link: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7480e0932c4647368d2d605c4a57a18b Stage Work Link: (Broadsheet), (Field Guide)

[Project Introduction] Livability is an important aspect of any urban space, and it refers to the ability of a city to provide its inhabitants with a high quality of life and well-being. Ann Arbor, Michigan, is livable cities in the United States. However, the city is facing some serious issues that threaten its livability. High rents and housing prices are a major concern, indicating a housing for "Open Your Backyard" seeks to address the housing shortage problem in Ann Arbor in a sustainable, affordable, and community-focused way. By increasing the density of th ADUs and creating small communities hidden in the backyard, we hope to improve the livability of Ann Arbor and promote a more inclusive, sustainable, and harmonious urban e

often regarded as one of the most g shortage in the city. our proposal he city through the construction of environment.

Opportunities for Ann Arbor Although Ann Arbor faces a very severe housing shortage, there are still large underutilized tracts of land in Ann Arbor.The R1 zoning district (where only one structure is allowed to be built on each property) is divided into four classes, with R1A having a minimum property size of 20,000 square feet and R1D having a minimum size of 5,000 square feet. New homes are not allowed in these large backyards and are underutilized by homeowners.

United States

Michigan

Urban Expressway R1 Zoning Area Schools

Ann Arbor

Hotels Airbnbs

Proposal Actor Networking We studied the existing land law and ADU policy in Ann Arbor, based on which we introduced different stakeholders, adjusted the relevant ADU policy, and put forward our practical proposal.

New ADU Policy l b Relaxation off Setback Requirement

Si Limit Li i ffor U i / Size Units/ No height Limit

Permit Multiple Dwellings

All Sh i Allow Sharing Lands and Facilities

Build by Themselves Backyard Design and Housing Design

Existing ADU Policy Restrict Setback Requirement

Maximum Size Requirement

Permit One Accessory Dwelling

Permit only on Residential One

Cooperate with Developers

Create acommodation units Create shared facilities Create Social Space

Long-Term Ground Lease Developers retain ownerships Share rents with homeowners Buy units at any time

Affordable Housing Program

Improve the Policy

Serious Housing Shortage problem in Ann Arbor

Encourage "Open Your Backyard" Program

Long-term Rentals

Apply for Engaging

Funding by NonproÞt Organizations

Developers Management Company

Apply Individually Apply with Neighborhoods

Rezoning: Change into Mixed-use Zoning Diversity and Co-living Students Scholars Seniors Couples

Auto Management Cleaning System Self-checking Kiosks

Prototype In Applicant's Appl the plic pl i house ant's Name Name: design e: Y Yu Yufei u ufe section, ffe ei Ta Tang ngwe have designed two types of houses, one-bedroom and twobedroom, to suit different people's needs. The space layout is simple and clear, and the construction material is mainly wood. The design of the house and the choice of materials express our thoughts on affordable housing.

Create buildings Unit prototype outside look at referrences of archi portfolio

2 Bedroom Room Single Room

Senarios We selected three neighborhoods by property size from the Residential 1 zoning in Ann Arbor for backyards to create different scenarios of the proposal. The success of the creation of the different scenarios shows that the idea of open backyards can be adapted to the neighborhoods of Ann Arbor.

Site01: Ironwood Dr, Ann Arbor Area: 50,593m2

Site02: Blaney Dr, Ann Arbor Area: 28,973m2

Site03: W Keech Ave, Ann Arbor Area: 13,598m2

Detailed Plan Site 03: W Keech Ave, Ann Arbor

The outdoor shared kitchen and dining room saves housing space while providing a place for people to communicate and interact with each other, enhancing residents' sense of identity with their backyard community, and the shared kitchen is designed to be very friendly to special populations, as they are able to receive help from other residents from time to time.

In the backyard neighborhood, we designed many public spaces for the residents to enhance the community feeling, in order to avoid people feeling uncomfortable for living in such a special area.

OLD TOPIA Applicant's Name: Yufei Tang Completion Date: Fall 2022 Project Location: Willets Point, Queens, NY Project Type: Group Project, Academic Work Work Content of Applicant: GIS Mapping, Creat Actor Network, Concept Generation, Architecture Design, 3 Renderings Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaDgp0RNPxQ [Project Introduction] In the aging borough of Queens, New York, we focused on this issue and planned and designed for it. The project takes inspiration from the NORC form of neighborhood, and to change the problem of too much independence, we added elements of Downtown Flushing to form an aging-friendly but all-ages neighborhood with an urban interface on the second floor and a community interface on the second floor.

Data Analysis GIS Mapping Using GIS Mapping to analyze Flushing, a typical area in Queens where seniors gather. It is found that the areas where seniors are more inclined to gather are characterized by well-developed service facilities and amenities, abundant recreational activities, and more open spaces.

Job Opportunities

Fresh Food Store Retail Food Store

Eco-Friendly

Factory

Living Quailty

Green Space Waterfront

Park

Health（Physical/Mental Health）

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Transit Zone Subway

Safe Street Bus Stop

Subway

Library Hospital

Museum Pharmacy

Sport Nursing Home

Create the Community Actor Networking: Creating operational and living models of age-friendly communities

Create the Community Concept Generation NORCs in Queens NORC is a special kind of community formed because of the large proportion of seniors, and it is popular among seniors.

Towers with basic facilities are the ideal architecture. Social spaces, shopping and service facilities are easily accessible.

Big Six Towers- NORC

Boulevard Garden- NORC

North Queensview NORC

Hanac- NORC

Life Style in Flushing Lifestyle in Flushing is favored by seniors. They live in buildings that are very connected to the city downtown and rely on the nearest commercial center for all of their needs.

More walkability. More contact opportunities with the city. Make seniors' lives more active.

Live above the City

Live opposite the City

Live near Downtown

Public Buildings in Downtown

"NORCs" + "Downtown Flushing" Create Architecture

Create City Fabric

Create 2nd Layers

To meet residents basic living needs

To satisfied the more diverse needs of residents in addition to living. To meet the needs for communication between residents and the city and between regions.

Increase the activity space of residents and ensure the convinience of their travel.

Create the Community Architecture Design Residential buildings were created based on the NORCs concept. The building is more age-friendly with the most infrastructures needed by the residents such as pharmacy, gym and leisure space. At the same time, each building has a small community office to respond to the community model of the actor network.

Roof Garden Reading Corner Cafe

Leisure Space

Pharmacies Vending Machine

Pharmacy Job Management Office Shared Business Office Voluntary Organization Seniors Non-Profit Institution

Office Floor

Gym Children's Room 2nd Layer

Fitness Center

Lobby

Create the Community Surface Design Well-established amenities and activities are planned in urban spaces and community interfaces to create an active urban atmosphere.

Entrance Garden Healing Garden Exhibition Pet Park Community Market Shared Canteen Concert Joint

Create Elevated Surface

Residential Units

Museum

Green Space

Church

Protective Green Space

School

Natural Green Space

Office

Open Space

Hospital

Sports

Club

Library

Pharmacy

Commercial

Mall

Parking

Create City Fabric

Plan

Renderings

Street View

Community Market

Community Exhibiton

Movie Show

VERTICAL UNIVERSE Applicant's Name: Yufei Tang Completion Date: Fall 2021 Project Location: Shanghai, China Project Type: Individual, Academic Work [Project Introduction] Located in Shanghai, China, the project is a cemetery skyscraper. In this project, elements of Fengshui and Bagua are transformed into different landscapes such as mountains and lakes, stacked to form a vertical landscape. The project aims to solve problems such as the shortage of land in super large cities and the high cost of cemeteries, and to try to change the inherent plane form of the landscape，also push the boundary of landscape.

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Fengshui and Landscape Six types of landscape features such as mountains, oceans, wetlands, forests, deserts and grasslands are extracted from them, and different funeral and memorial methods are combined to form a building complex. Corals Cornus

River Lights Kong Ming Lanterns

Sky

Earth

Wind

Thunder

Fire

Water

Mountain

Damp

Grassland Ocean Mountains

Wetland

Forest

Desert

Plan

Mountains

Prairie

Rocky Area

Floor 5 / 12

Floor 3 / 10

Floor 7 / 14 / 16

Lake

Wetland

Desert

Floor 2 / 6 / 9

Floor 13 / 19

Floor 8 / 15

Section View

PARALLEL PARK IN MANHATTAN Applicant's Name: Yufei Tang Completion Date: Fall 2021 Project Location: Manhattan, NY Project Type: Individual, Academic Work [Project Introduction] Based on the research of Mahattan's traffic problems, building density, and lack of activity space, a multi-trail system is planned to provide New Yorkers with more leisure opportunities and improve their happiness.

Traffic and Walkability of NYC As one of the most prosperous cities, New York has many advantages and disadvantages. Manhattan is lined with high-rise buildings, residents have very limited leisure space, and at the same time, traffic pressure is high, people travel congested, and social space is compressed.

Dense Distribution

Crowded Streets

Large Proportion of High-rise Buildings

Missing Active Space

Anxiety and Other Psychological Problems

Lack of Green Space

Poor Sunshine

A large proportion of New Yorkers live in high-rise buildings, and there is a serious lack of space for activities. Insufficient open green spaces can affect people's emotions and cause psychological problems.

Intensive Buildings

The distribution of high-density buildings will cause problems such as congestion on Manhattan's streets, blocked sightlines, and insufficient light, which will seriously affect the quality of life of New Yorkers.

Busy Traffic

High Population Density

Leisure Space Needed

Lots of Visitors Manhattan has dense streets and high population density, and it is difficult for people to maintain a comfortable social distance when hanging out.

Manhattan's road planning issues and high levels of private car ownership make traffic congestion often occur. As the most prosperous city, Manhattan has received a huge number of tourists. How to improve the experience of tourists on the street without causing difficulties for New Yorkers to travel has become a challenge.

Rapid urbanization has made Manhattan's public green spaces inadequate and cannot meet the needs of a large number of residents for leisure places.

No.7

NYC Park Case Study

No.5 No.1

Through the research and comparison of Manhattan block parks in terms of area, function, route planning, etc., we can understand the current needs of New Yorkers for green space and activity venues and the problems that need to be solved.

No.1

No.2

No.6

No.2 No.3

No.4

No.3

No.4

No.5

No.6

No.7

The Battery

Sara D. Roosevelt Park

Morningside Park

J. Hood Wright Park

City Hall Park

Bryant Park

Marcus Garvey Park

Area: 25 acres

Area: 14.5 acres

Area: 30 acres

Area: 6.7 acres

Area: 19 acres

Area: 9.6 acres

Area: 20.16 acres

Highlights

Netherlands Monument Coast Guard Memorial Giovanni Da Verrazzano Statue

Houston Street Playground M' Finda Kalunga Garden Stanton Street Court

123rd Street Playground Dr. Thomas Kiel Arboretum Seligman Fountain

3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece Manhattan Schist in New York City Parks

Horace Greeley Statue Nathan Hale September 11, 2001 Living Memorial Grove

Benito Juarez Monument Gertrude Stein Statue Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain

Mount Morris Fire Watchtower Pelham Fritz Recreation Center

Design Prototypes

Original Site

Slope

Sports Park

Build a Trail

Feature Overlay

Shopping Plaza

Theater

Complex

Farmland

Add Green Space

High Street

Terrace

Gallery

Greenhouse

Plan Planning and Designing the southern end of Manhattan island as the display area. 37

Renderings

Ecological Terraces

Sports Park

Outdoor Movie

Greenhouse

Lawn Path

Infinity Pool

Internship Works

Master Plan, Urban Design Project in Shenzhen, China AECOM

Master Plan, Urban Design Project in Hainan, China AECOM

Diagrams, Urban Design Project in Hainan, China AECOM

Sections, Urban Design Project in Hainan, China AECOM

Sketches

YUFEI TANG hifayetang@gmail.com